Posts in Op Ed
Letter: Prosecute Trump; don’t pardon him like Nixon was

I disagree with Tony Messenger’s column “St. Louis attorney has early advice for new president: Remember Watergate era” (Jan. 22). I was an assistant Watergate special prosecutor for the obstruction trial of President Richard Nixon’s top aides in which he was named a co-conspirator. We were prevented from indicting Nixon when President Gerald Ford pardoned him, so I understand the impact of issuing a pardon and moving on.

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Letter: Former Watergate prosecutor argues that Trump’s actions are far worse than Nixon’s

Tuesday’s editorial (“Trump’s fate: The case for censure over impeachment,” Nov. 26) admits President Donald Trump’s "clear abuse of power,” but nonetheless concludes that censure, not impeachment, is the proper remedy. To this I say, if Trump’s conduct is not grounds for using impeachment, what would be?

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Congress has a clear legal path to the full Mueller report

Philip Allen Lacovara and Laurence H. Tribe's April 9 Tuesday Opinion essay, " Want the full Mueller report? Open impeachment hearings.," claimed that no exception to Rule 6(e) allows release of grand jury material to the House Judiciary Committee as long as the House speaker disapproves inquiry into President Trump's possible impeachment.

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